Kings of Africa (Tell Me)

I came up where the forest meets the beach front
 Where the weather would get wetter every season
 And our tears don't dry because we lost some
 Lauryn ain't the only that's screaming lost ones
 Boys, Haydar, Victor, the set
 Michael, Pietros, Mehret always stressed
 Troubles for our mothers, sacrifice, struggles
 If only they had heard this before they took the plunge
 Mother, welcome to the city of the restless
 Where you sons ain't shown no respect
 But, we would take all that we could get
 So, our people don't feel all the pressure
 Sometimes I wonder 'bout the colour of my skin
 And then I see it's what defines me as a King
 The streets are heavy with the chromosome of crime
 But we're destined for the greatness, so bless us with the time
 Bless us with the time
 Bless us with the time
 Stray bullet, the paramedic pulled it
 From a 6-year-old boy's body at his school
 The cloud feels heavy, the rain fools all
 And clatters to the concrete like the poor boy's skull
 Poor boys
 His name was Adu, his mother's only son
 They slipped away from darkness to run into the sun
 The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun (Sun, sun, sun, sun, sun)
 Fire, burning inside my eyes
 Power don't take me alive
 I was, just taking a ride
 I was just, taking my time
 Fire, burning inside my eyes
 Time. Don't take me a night
 I was, just taking a ride
 I was just, taking my ride
 Then I moved, new scene, same summer
 Suburban streets, white teeth, soul crush
 English lesson, no words, no grammar
 Brown skin, boy thin, don't touch
 If it was wonderful, it wasn't this, preposterous
 And extra fits for melancholy counterfeits
 I used to kiss, and never tell
 I wasn't well, I couldn't tell, my hunger fell
 And so I fall, my progress stall, my brothers' mourn, my mother's scorn for daughters' pain
 How can I resurrect and paint a picture, now in retrospect
 I never knew my father, but I knew that it was harder to discover
 Now I'm stuck in a dilemma
 To endeavour, or to sever
 22, but I feel my life is ending
 I wear black shades tailor made just for me
 The single signet that you see is my accessory
 Presently I'm heavenly
 In the place I left
 But I wonder if they love me or the titles I've possessed
 London attitude
 South yute
 Fully grown
 Act the same with my set as when
 I am alone the people in-my circle have a darker soul - baby
 I'm the golden child
 Or that's how it feels
 Dropped a pinky on my lunch and didn't pay the bill
 Spoke to Jordan in the East where
 He told me I could make it
 Little did I know the things that I would be forsaking
 A prophet in my younger years, my peers are in my past
 As to my present circumstance
 I keep them in the dark
 I wonder if they recognise me close or from afar (Far, far)
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go
 Tell me how you know me and where we go